Belt display rack



April 14, 1953 H. H. HANSHAW I BELT DISPLAY RACK Filed May 21, 1951 mmmmva f A W m .m 0 H H. d .0. C S w. H

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1 BY Ahomtjs Patented Apr. 14, 1953 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE This invention relates to new and useful improvements in display devices and the primary object of the present invention is to provide a counter mounted display rack for belts that will retain the belts in a vertically disposed position for display purposes.

Another important object of the present invention is to provide a belt display rack including a novel and improved mounting means whereby the same may be quickly and readily applied to or removed from a display counter in a convenient manner.

A further object of the present invention is to provide a belt display rack including a horizontally disposed panel having a plurality of slots therein that are suiiciently wide to accommodate belts with buckles attached to the belt disposed on the upper face of the panel to provide a means for withdrawing the belts from the panel.

A still further aim of the present invention is to provide a belt display rack that is extremely small and compact in structure, neat and attractive in appearance, inexpensive to manufacture, assemble and disassemble, and otherwise well adapted for the purposes for which the same is intended.

Other objects and advantages reside in the details of construction and operation as more fully hereinafter described and claimed, reference being had to the accompanying drawings forming part hereof, wherein like numerals refer to like parts throughout, and in which:

Figure 1 is a top plan view of the present display rack.

Figure 2 is a vertical sectional view showing the present invention mounted upon a display counter;

Figure 3 is an enlarged transverse vertical sectional view taken substantially on the section line 3-3 of Figure l;

Figure 4 is an enlarged fragmentary bottom plan view of Figure 1;

Figure 5 is a view similar to Figure 2 but showing the device modified and in section to be used as a permanent fixture;

Figure v6 is a reduced bottom plan view of the invention in further modified form; and

Figure 7 is an enlarged detail fragmentary longitudinal sectional view taken substantially on the plane of section line 1 1 of Figure 6.

Referring now to the drawings in detail, wherein for the purposes of illustration, there is disclosed a preferred embodiment of the present invention, the numeral I0 represent an elongated and flat support panel having a plurality of spaced parallel longitudinally extending slots I2 at each of its end portions. The slots I2 are sufficiently wide to accommodate belts, but buckles or loops attached to the belts will rest upon the upper face of the panel, since the slots are too small to permit buckles to pass therethrough. The slots are formed with transversely convexed longitudinal edges to prevent the scratching or marking of belts extended through the slots.

A plurality of substantially triangular Walls I4 are secured to the undersurface of the panel II) by fasteners I5 that extend downwardly through the panel I6 and into the upper edge I6 of each of the walls I4. The upper face of the panel II) is formed with countersinks for receiving the heads of the fasteners I5. It is preferred that one of the walls I4 be disposed at each end of the panel I0 with an additional wall I4 at the middle of the panel I0 as shown in Figure 1.

The undersurface of the panel l0 is provided with recesses I8 that receive the horizontal leg portions 20 of resilient angle members 22. The vertical leg portions 24 of the members 22 are spaced from the rear vertical edges of the walls I4 and coact therewith in yieldingly gripping the upstanding glass wall 28 of a display counter 30 having a molding 32 that seats against the Walls of notches 34 in the lower corners or ends 38 of the walls I4.

Additional fasteners 36 extend upwardly through apertures provided in the leg portions 20 and enter the inner walls of the recesses I 8.

The panel I0 may be of any suitable material, such as plastic, wood or metal and this is likewise true for the supporting walls I4 that are removably secured to the undersurface of the panel I 0 by the fasteners I5.

In practical use of the present invention, the upper edge of the glass wall 28 is inserted upwardly between the edges 26 and the leg portions 24 to be yieldingly held therebetween. The Walls I4 are supported upon the molding 32 with the upper edge of the molding positioned in the notches 34. Belts are then extended through the slots I2 with the buckles attached to the belts resting upon the upper face of the panel I0.

The panel I0 4is supported sufficiently high to permit inspection of the belts extended through the slots I2 and the belts may be readily removed by the gripping of the buckles attached thereto.

The device thus described may be used as a, permanent fixture, as. 4shown in Figure 5, by aligning the metal bracket 20a with brace 28a and by securing the same together by fasteners 3 2| that extend through a structure member S disposed therebetween.

Also, the device as shown in Figures 6 and '7 may be composed of elongated longitudinally aligned sections I with the abutting ends of adjacent sections being rabbeted as at I3, to form a iiush joint. In such construction, the brace 26' and brackets 20 will underlie the joints and be secured to the inter-engaged rabbeted ends to hold adjacent sections together.

In view of the foregoing description taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings, it is believed that a clear understanding of the device will be quite apparent to those skilled in this art. A more detailed description is accordingly deemed unnecessary.

It is to be understood, however, vthat even though there is herein shown and described a preferred embodiment of the invention, 'the same is susceptible to certainchanges fully compreh ended by the spirit of the invention as herein described and the scope of the appended claims. y

, Having described the claimed as new is:

1. A belt display rack comprising an elongated flat support panel having a plurality of slots therein to accommodate belts, said slots being relatively narrow to prevent buckles from passing therethrough, a plurality of attaching walls depending from the panel and including lower invention, what is ends having recesses therein to receive the molding of a display counter, and vertical legs attached to the panel and coacting with the walls for clampingly receiving the upstanding glass wall of a display counter.

2. In a display counter having a molding and an upstanding glass wall resting against the molding, a belt display rack comprising a horizontal panel having a plurality of slots therein for receiving belts, a plurality of walls depending from the panel and including lower ends having recesses therein receiving the molding, said panel having an undersurface with recesses therein, and a plurality of resilient angle members having horizontal leg portions secured in said recesses and vertical portions coacting with the Wallsv to clamp the glass wall therebetween.

' HERSCHEL I-I. HANSHAW.

References Cited inthe file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS I 2,201,529 Firenze May 21 1940 

